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The DWP says more than 130 million days are still being lost to sickness absence every year in Britain.

Barclays increased staff bonuses and incentive rewards to £2.38bn

Barclays operating expenses improved by 4% year-on-year

Barclays revealed in its full year financial statement that it has received requests from government

Staff payouts rose from £2.17bn in 2012

Goldman's partners exercised share options awarded to them at the end of 2008

Helena Morrissey says the arguments against quotas have not and will not change.

Asia's biggest air show will also have a large defence side to it.

Ireland's former richest man Sean Quinn testifies at trial of Sean FitzPatrick, Patrick Whelan and William McAteer.

PCS union says suspended strike, due to take place on same day as tube staff walk out, as act of good faith.

PwC says funds will beat banks because of Asia's emergent middle class and high net worth individuals.

Air cargo traffic grew 1.8% globally in December but fell 1.1% in Asia.

UK energy secretary urges Ofgem to investigate bumper profits and rising bills of Big Six, particularly British Gas.

Europe's senior executives expect the proportion of their employees aged over 60 to increase by 2020.

The Shadow Business Secretary says the continued existence of a glass ceiling is undeniable and unacceptable.

Archbishop Sentamu says the idea of making work pay is an empty slogan to millions of people.

Toyota said it would end its Australian manufacturing operations by the end of 2017.

RBS has paid billions out in mis-selling scandals and market manipulation fines

Australia's second-largest lender expects Asian revenues to grow by the same pace as last year

Quorn boss Kevin Brennan adds 2 million customers.

More than four in 10 new recruits at Woburn Forest resort aged between 16 and 24.

Toyota to settle US criminal probe into disclosure of customers' complaints.

Collapsing Thai rice-buying scheme can dent premier Yingluck Shinawatra's popularity.

NSA collecting less than 30% of Americans' call records following surge in mobile usage.

Bitcoin Kinetics lists 10 billion shares of common stock on crowd funding platform Cryptostocks.

Perhaps we could have squeezed a little bit more out of the Royal Mail sale – but at what cost?

Sky News reports that Barclays will cap its cash bonuses for investment bankers for a third year in a row.

Olivier Szwarcberg to take over Prakash's responsibilities.

EU pressuring Swiss to abolish corporate tax incentives, but Yahoo insists decision driven by "business needs".